Machine for stuffing horse-collars



J. HOWELL. Stuffing HorseCoHars.

-Patetved Feb.' 14, 1854;'-

JOHN W. HOWELL), OF NEW PARIS, OHIO.

MACHINE FOR STUFFING HORSE-COLLARS.

speeication of Letters Patent No. 10,534, dated February 14, 1854.

To all whom t may concern? Be it known that I, JOHN W. HOWELL, of NewParis, in the county of Preble and State of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Machine for Stuiiing Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation Vof the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in so constructing a machine,l thatby means of a forked or other shaped piston. working through a hopperwith an adjustable crib or bottom holding `the straw, in connection witha clamp fo-r retaining the open end of the leather or casing of saidcollar it may, by suitable gearing actuating the piston, be stuffed toany desired degree of hardness and that with great rapidity.

In Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings: A A represents the longitudinalportion of an oblong frame or table supported at a suitable height. Atone end thereof is secured in proper journals a fly wheel, I, carrying apinion G on its shaft.

J is a cog wheel or driver, actuated by the winch J which on turninggives a rapid motion to the pinion.

H is a crank on the shaft of G and by a pitman D gives a slidingmovement to the headblock B, on edge ways, united the framing A.Connected to this block B is the piston or stuer It, which is secured tothe headblock by a set screw b which admits the length of the rod to beadjusted. This headblock is confined in its slide movement by jogs orlips entering under the ways.

C is a board for supporting the collar, and is sufficient-ly thick toadmit of its being hcllowed at its narrow end, to receive and sustainthe collar; this board is retained on a. sliding board working in ways.

E is the hopper for holding the straw o-r material for filling thecollar. It is open at top, but its bottom is closed by a lifting oradjustable grate F K, the hinge of which is at L. y

N is a heavy weight keeping the hopper and collar up to the work ofstuiing.

S is the front of the hopper; through a suitable opening therein isinserted the directing funnel o, o, on which the leather collarM Mforming a hollow tube or sack is secured` by the clamps CZ and e closedthereon by the bent strap lever, a, the leather retained between thejaws al and e and 0, o,

the dog Z retaining the clamps kon the leather.

h 1s also a dog working onv the rack z' secured on the'rear side oftheframe A. The

use ofthe rack is to preventthe weight drawing on'vthe hopper until thedog Vis lifted. j

P isa pulley o-ver which the cord from theweight VN connected with ,thehoppers front S is co-nnected. Y v

The mode of operation in stuffing aV collar is as follows: The open endof the collar is slipped on the end o-f the funnel 0, 0,v

the aws or clamps e and el having been released by liberating the leveran. Vhen said Y long. It rests across the grating F.y The forked end ofthe pistonY R on sliding through the hoppengather's a few straws in itsfork and on being pressed forward` by the block B` through the-pitman Dandk crankA H, the straw is carried into the leather collar, and thismovement of the rod `R is kept up until the collar is filled and wellpacked. The swell or middle of the collar is first stuffed (although thefar end may be done previously) and by raising the dog L, permits theweight to draw the hopper toward the piston R and the rod or piston R tobe withdrawn slightly at each movement of the hopper. A little eX-ercise of judgment is required of the person forming the collar asregards the time of moving the dog 7L; but the rapidity and eiiiciencyof thisV mode of performing a hitherto laborious part of the manufactureof horse collars can not'otherwise than be appreciated. By means of theadjustable bottom or grating F the quantity of straw -through which thefork B passes may be soM Having described the nature of my improvementin machines for stufng horse collars what I claim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is- The construction of the hopper EWith an adjustable grate or crib bottom F in combination with thepistonV R, funnel 0, 0, clamps e and Z and lever a; acting thereon,

substantially in the manner set forth in the foregoing specification andaccompanying 10 drawing. Y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name before twosubscribing Witnesses.

J CHN W. HOWELL.

' Witnesses: Y LEWIS S. DAVIS,

JOHN D. KING.

